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Spot Forecast for Bobcat Piles...BLM
National Weather Service Billings MT
522 AM MST Fri Feb 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on February 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Snow, heavy at times, is expected over the burn site today.
Snowfall rates could reach over an inch an hour at times. We are
looking for 5-8 inches of snowfall in this vicinity. Northeast
winds 7-15 mph will prevail. Snow will end late this evening with
partial clearing. Winds will become light and eventually out of
the southwest late. Mostly sunny and light winds Saturday. BT

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow, then snow likely late in the
                    afternoon. Blowing and drifting possible.
CWR.................83 percent.
Max temperature.....6-10.
Min humidity........71-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 20 mph shifting to the northwest
                    late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 15 to 18 mph shifting to the north 17
                    to 20 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........97  98  100 100 100 97  97  97  93  93  98  96
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............7   6   6   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
RH..............70  73  75  78  81  84  79  79  82  76  77  77
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..8   8   8   8   7   7   8   8   8   8   9   10
20 FT wind gust.11  12  13  13  13  14  14  16  16  16  14  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Snow decreasing with partial clearing late.
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....3 below-7 below zero.
Max humidity........75-79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening becoming
                    light, then becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph
                    overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 15 mph increasing to west
                    around 25 mph early in the morning.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 16 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 6 mph overnight, then shifting to the
                    southwest 7 to 13 mph overnight.

TIME (MST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96  95  94  92  88  81  78  72  56  44  36  34
Weather cov.....LKY LKY SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............6   6   5   3   2   1   1   -2  -3  -3  -4  -4
RH..............71  71  73  73  74  77  73  78  78  75  75  72
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   NE  S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   6   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.13  11  10  8   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....20-24.
Min humidity........59-63 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph. Occasional gust to 16 mph possible
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West 25 to 30 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 16 mph shifting to the west 13
                    to 20 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (MST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........36        11        10        14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............-3        4         18        21
RH..............66        68        64        59
20 FT wind......S 6G8     SW 6G10   SW 6G13   W 6G12

$$
Forecaster...Tesar
Requested by...David Day
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502103.4/BYZ
.DELDT 02/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rmgriffin@blm.gov,dday@blm.gov